# Stiffness? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 29, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737 "2017-03-29T23:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hapie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/hapie/32/1848_2.png) [@hapie](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/hapie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/21 "2017-04-21T13:47:17Z")
I was brought down by my dog a few years ago and I broke my wrist, so I understand. I haven’t walked my dog since then. I have looked into getting a service dog, for stability. To answer your initial question, I get extremely stiff, have chronic pain, and fatigue. I try to exercise (not the same as before- a short walk will do it for me) and not stay in one place too long (driving is hard). Essentially, everything is much much slower than in my previous life. Hard to get used to, but necessary for safety. I understand what you are going through. ---
**Author:** ![Susie7246](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Susie7246](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Susie7246)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/22 "2017-05-06T01:49:56Z")
Hi, hiskid777, my husband has much the same, he is better in the early part of the day and later in the evening he’s speech and balance is worse. ---
**Author:** ![Oreberry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/oreberry/32/5015_2.png) [@Oreberry](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Oreberry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/23 "2017-05-08T18:51:28Z")
Our kitty is a mystery too who was just hanging out in a neighbor’s garden for 2/3rd of a year. I would see her lying by a bush every time I went to get the mail. The neighbor had no idea where (he) had come from but would leave some food out. With her permission when the weather was beginning to get cold and rainy I took (her) home. Being somewhat responsible I brought (her) to a vet to get spayed. We got a phone call later that morning to learn she was a he and had already gotten neutered. ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/24 "2017-05-09T07:30:57Z")
😂I’ve had that embarrassing experience at the Vets. A friend gave me a kitten, she swore it was female🙂xB ---
**Author:** ![Oreberry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/oreberry/32/5015_2.png) [@Oreberry](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Oreberry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/25 "2017-05-09T16:44:12Z")
Ha ha. I still remember my first husband holding up our little cat and exclaiming, “Emily! Taffy is a girl! And she’s pregnant!” ---
**Author:** ![Oreberry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/oreberry/32/5015_2.png) [@Oreberry](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Oreberry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/26 "2017-05-10T04:17:19Z")
So I communicated with my PCP. Apparently, I have a referral to For physical therapy and neurology and didn’t even know about it. ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/27 "2017-05-10T08:21:26Z")
🙄 Just as well you got in touch. Being kept in the loop can reduce stress and frustration. Things are happening​:+1:😊xB ---
**Author:** ![Greg290](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@Greg290](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Greg290)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/28 "2017-05-10T20:28:41Z")
Hi hiskid777. I have had CA for to years with everything that comes with it. Garbled speech, horrible balance, diminished motors, blurred vision and dizzy. I experience stiffness that my doctor referred to as spasticity. She is treating it with a muscle relaxer generally prescribed to MS patients. It is not a miracle drug but does seem to help. I agree that staying active helps a lot. I do two miles a day on a treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![Oreberry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/oreberry/32/5015_2.png) [@Oreberry](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Oreberry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737/29 "2017-05-11T03:25:31Z")
Is it really too much to ask to get an actual diagnosis? Why does it have to be so difficult. Do doctors really not know about this? This whole situation is ridiculous. [Previous page](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/stiffness/5737.md?page=1)